Entry
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance

    Usually written using kana alone

    私の祖父は耳が遠いので、よくトンチンカンな返事をする。
    My grandfather, being hard of hearing, often makes an irrelevant answer.
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Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

suddenly, immediately, in a hurry, arrange, stay in place, bow, kowtow

Kun
にわか.にとん.とつまず.くとみ.にぬかずく
On
トントツ
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
Radical
leaf

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (16)
CodeReference
1-4-9SKIP code
9a4.1The Kanji Dictionary
5178.6Four corner code
9813Unicode hex code
1-38-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5121Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6623New Nelson (John Haig)
1320Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
957Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2788Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1610Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2115Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
43381Morohashi
2122Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
dun4, du2Pinyin reading
don, dunKorean reading
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rare, curious, strange

Kun
めずら.しいたから
On
チン
Strokes
9
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1330 of 2500
Radical
jade
WaniKani
Level 43

Built from

Used in names as

じん

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-4-5SKIP code
4f5.6The Kanji Dictionary
1812.2Four corner code
3160deroo
73cdUnicode hex code
1-36-33JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2933Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3631New Nelson (John Haig)
909New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1135Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
613Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
814Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1723Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1859Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1224A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
836Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1027Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
20920Morohashi
1602A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1215Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1278Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
734Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1281Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1360Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1316Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1739Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhen1Pinyin reading
jinKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
43WaniKani level
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Sino-, China

On
カン
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
1487 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

はん

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-10SKIP code
3a10.17The Kanji Dictionary
3413.4Four corner code
363deroo
6f22Unicode hex code
1-20-33JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2662Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3281New Nelson (John Haig)
657New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
808Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
471Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
602Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1578Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1701Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1394A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1860Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
401Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18068PMorohashi
442A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
556Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
565Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
572sakade
212Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
265henshall3
418Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
527Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
1230Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1592Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
han4Pinyin reading
hanKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level